Informes

Unseasonable rise in market prices According to preliminary estimates by the joint CILSS/FAO/FEWSNET/WFP/ Government harvest assessment mission, the 2011/2012 crop year resulted in nationwide grain production 13 percent below last year and close to the five-year average. Poor…

Les chefs d’Etats des trois pays de l’Autorité du Liptako-Gourma (Burkina, Mali et Niger) étaient en sommet le 24 novembre 2011 à Niamey, au Niger. Au terme de la rencontre, Blaise COMPAORE, Mahamadou Issoufou et Amadou…

WFP organised a training session on food security and nutrition for 25 local journalists. Along with two sessions with WFP specialists, the journalists were lead to visit the nutrition activities in a health center supported by…

OUAGADOUGOU, 17 November 2011 (IRIN) - The Burkina Faso government is attempting for the first time to implement a nationwide dry-season agricultural campaign to counteract possible food insecurity in areas that received poor or erratic rainfall…

• Les prémices et récoltes arrivent en retard en octobre au lieu de septembre comme d’habitude dans le nord. Plus de 80 pour cent de la population dans le pays est sans insécurité alimentaire aiguë. • Les…

Period covered by this Final Report: 09 August 2010 to 30 April, 2011. Appeal target (current): CHF 2,803,535 Appeal coverage: 20%; Appeal history: This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 11 October, 2010 for CHF 2,803,535 for six months…

Collection of the early and main harvests began later than usual in the northern part of the country, in October instead of September. More than 80 percent of the nation’s population is in IPC Phase 1,…

Coarse grain prices have remained mostly stable across the country up to July, reflecting ample supplies; however prices have began to increase in August as the lean season has approached. Food security conditions during the reporting period…

Average harvests in the Sahel hinge on steady rainfall into October The combined effects of improved rainfall activity in August and the poor spatial-temporal distribution of rainfall led to large-scale infestations of crop pests, particularly in the…

Retard général dans les récoltes de céréales affectant l’offre sur les marchés • L’approvisionnement des marchés, sans être préoccupant est localement inferieur à la normale suite à des récoltes retardées consécutives à l’installation tardive de la saison. De ce fait…